Watch-protector.



PATENTED MAR. 29, 1904.

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PATE T OFFICE.

MAX SONNENFELD, OF NEW YORK, N.;Y.,

WATCH-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION fOrming part of Letters Patent NO. 756,072, dated March29,1904.

Application filed July 22, 1903. Serial No. 166,591. -(No model.)

T0 aZZ whom, it may concern."

Be it known that I, MAX SONNENFELD, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the countyand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Watch-Protector,of which the following is a'full, clear, andexact description.

The purpose of my invention is to provide a simple, durable, andeffective device for se curing a watch in a pocket, which device may beexpeditiously and conveniently attached to apocket or detached therefromwithout changing the form or construction of the pocket and withoutmutilating the same.

A further purpose of the invention is to provide a watch-protector whichwill practically constitute a portion of a watch-chain and which willprevent the watch from'being forcibly drawn from the pocket by anunauthorized person, and yet will permit the wearer the unobstructed useof the watch, enabling him to remove the watch sufficiently toconveniently read the time without interfering with the attachment ofthe device to the pocket:

Another purpose of the invention is to so construct the device that thechain may freely pass to a limited extent through a member of the devicewithout unduly wearing either thechain or the said member and to providemeans to prevent the device becoming entangled with the swivel-snapconnecting the watch with the chain.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of theseveral parts, as

will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

I Figure 1 is a vertical section through a pocket and adjacent portionsof a garment, showing a watch and chain secured to the Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the device and the swivel end of a chain to which itis appli'ed; and Fig. 3 is a view similar to that shown in Fig.

ment of any description.

2, but illustrates a slight departure in the construction of the chain;

A represents a pocketa vest-pocket, for

example. B represent a watch .in the pocket, 5

and C a watch-chaim'which chain is provided at its outer end with acharm 10 or an enlarge- At the opposite or inner end of the chain anenlargement 11 is provided, which is shown in Figs. 1 and 2 in the formof a ball or sphere and in Fig. 3 in i the form of a ring; but the charm10 maybe of any approved character. The enlargement 11 at the inner endof the chain may likewise be of any desired type. The swivel-snap 12,ordinarily employed to attach a watch to a chain, is shown connectedwith the inner enlargement 11 on the chain; but various links mayintervene between the said swivel-snap and the said inner enlargement11, if so de sired. Although 'a' fob-chain has been illustrated, thedevice is equally applicable to a vest-chain.

The device D, as is best shown in Figs. 2

and 3, consists of a ring 13, through which the chain C freely passes.This ring is of such size that it cannot pass either the charm 10 or theenlargement 11 at the inner end of the chain, and also in order toprevent the ring 13 from wearing on the chain or the chain from wearingunduly on the ring the ring is provided with series of friction-rollers14. I These friction-rollers are very desirable; but they may be omittedwithout departing from the spirit of the invention. The ring 13 isprovided at its lower portion with an eye 15, and one or more links 16,connected with the said eye 15, serve to connect a safety-pin 17 withthe ring-section of the device, the safety-pin being provided with aneye or a loop 18 at one end, usually formed by bending the wire body ofthe pin upon itself, and one of the links is passed through such eye orloop.

Inoperation the safety-pin is attached to the lining of the pocket inwhich the watch is to be placed, the check-ring 13 of the device havingfirst been placed in position on the chain C, and when the chain is afob-chain the end of the chain carrying the charm hangs from the pocketin the ordinary way. In the event a person should grasp the chain andendeavor to forcibly take the watch from the pocket the enlargement 11will be drawn into close contact with the check-ring 13 of the device,thereby preventing the watch from leaving the pocket; but should thewearer desire to observe the time it is simply necessary for him to drawthe watch upward from the pocket, whereupon the chain will passfreelythrough the check-ring to the extent of the length of the chain,if desired, and when the watch is again restored to the pocket it issafely held therein against foreign interference.

The inner enlargement 11 serves a dual purpose. It serves to check theoutward movement of the chain, and it likewise serves to prevent thecheck-ring 13 from becoming entangled with the swivel-snap 12, therebyrendering the Watch always in position to be readily withdrawn from thepocket by the wearer.

The device is exceedingly simple. It is durable, economic, andpracticable and is readily applied. \Vhen applied, it does not tend toinjure the pocket, and it is evident that the device may be readilytransferred from the pocket of one garment to the pocket of another.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. In a Watch-protector, a chain having an enlargementat each of its ends, a ring smaller than either of said enlargementsheld within the watch-pocket, the portion of the chain between saidenlargements freely passing through said ring, a safety-pin, and a linkconnection between the safety-pin and ring.

2. In a watch-protector, a chain having an enlargement spaced from itsinner end, a ring smaller than said enlargement, held within theWatchpocket, the chain freely passing through said ring, a safety-pin,and a link connection between the safety-pin and ring.

3. A watch-protector, comprising a ring provided with friction-rollers,the ring being held within the watch-pocket near the mouth thereof, asafety-pin secured within the pocket to the outer side thereof, and alink connecting said ring and safety-pin, the chain of a watch beingadapted to pass loosely through said ring.

4:. In a watch-protector, a chain having enlargements at its endportions, the chain being provided also with a swivel at the end of oneenlargement, a ring loosely mounted on the chain, of less diameter thanthe diameter of either of the enlargements on the chain,friction-rollers mounted on the said ring, a device for anchoring thering to a pocket, and a connection between the anchoring device and thering, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MAX SONNENFELD.

Witnesses:

CLARK B. AUGUSTINE, B. A. GREENE.

